Omar Souleyman and Four Tet Team for Album

The work of Syrian artist Omar Souleyman has reached a wider international audience in recent years, with several releases on Seattle-based world music label Sublime Frequencies (co-run by Sun City Girls' Alan Bishop). Now, Souleyman has finally announced his first ever studio album, to be released in the fall via Ribbon Music. The as-yet untitled LP was recorded with Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet in Brooklyn.

Watch Souleyman perform at 2011's Glastonbury festival, and check out a recording of his 1996 Syrian hit "Leh Jani".